Shawn M. Feeney, 32, a former English teacher at East Brunswick High School in East Brunswick, New Jersey has been sentenced to four years in prison for molesting two teenage girls who were students at the school.

Feeney pleaded guilty in April to second-degree official misconduct and two fourth-degree charges of criminal sexual contact with the female students who were 16 and 17-years-old at the time.

The two incidents took place between December 2002 and June 2004 and occurred in Feeney’s New Brunswick apartment. Feeney was originally charged with having sexual intercourse with one of the girls and attempting to have sexual intercourse with the other.

Feeney came to the attention of authorities when one of the two girls approached school officials last year.

Feeney received credit for the 211 days he has spent in jail since his arrest and has no minimum sentence, meaning he is eligible for parole at any time.

References:

East Brunswick teacher jailed in sex crime (7/27/07)

E. Bruns. teacher jailed in sex crime (7/27/07)

Background:

Ex-teacher pleads guilty to sex with 2 students (4/18/07)

Joel Whitmore, 40, a math teacher at Lafayette High School, in Lafayette, Louisiana has been arrested on allegations of obscenity and multiple counts of indecent behavior with a juvenile.

Whitmore has been charged with six counts of indecent behavior, four counts of computer-aided solicitation for sexual purposes and one count of obscenity.

Whitmore’s arrest is the result of an internet sting conducted by the Bossier Parish Internet Task Force.

Whitmore is being held on bond of $165,000 will be suspended with pay by the school system pending the investigation and school board action.

Whitmore has worked at the school since 2004 and taught upper-level math courses in probability and statistics, including honors classes.

According to a report by The Daily Advertiser, a “Free Joel Whitmore” group has been started on the social networking site facebook.com in support of Joel Whitmore and contains comments in defense of Whitmore by students.

References:

Educator jailed on sex counts (7/28/07)

Lafayette High math teacher arrested in Internet sting (7/27/07)

Lafayette HIgh teacher arrested for obscenity

Teacher Rebecca Becker of Walden, NY and teacher’s aide Maria Zurita of New Windsor, NY, both of whom are 28, have been indicted on charges for allegedly having sexual relations with two 16-year-old male residents of a school run by McQuade Children Services in New Windsor. The school serves children referred by social services, family court and school districts.

Becker (show above left) was indicted on felony charges of third-degree rape and third-degree criminal sexual act and a misdemeanor charge of endangering the welfare of a child..

Zurita (show above right) was indicted on a felony charge of third-degree rape and a misdemeanor charge of endangering the welfare of a child.

The women were arrested on May 30th after the school called police.

The sexual activity between the women and the two boys is alleged to have taken place over the Memorial Day weekend at Zurita’s home.

Both women remain free on $1,000 bonds.

Reference:

Former McQuade teacher, aide indicted on charges of having sex with students (7/26/07)

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